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8056561

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
By means of transthoracic contrast echocardiography, the prevalence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) was studied, in a continuous series of 48 patients aged less than 50 years with a recent episode of acute cerebral ischemia. A PFO was found in 11 subjects (23%). In the subgroup of younger patients (aged less than 30 years), the prevalence was much higher than in those aged 30 or more (58% against 11%, p = 0.0022). In the 19 patients with clear evidence of extracardiac causal factors of cerebral ischemia, there was no PFO; of the remaining 29 subjects, a PFO was present in 11 (38%) (p = 0.0015). In conclusion, the possible presence of a PFO must be carefully investigated in subjects with cerebral ischemia aged less than 30, as well as in subjects aged between 30 and 50 in whom there is no acceptable explanation for their cerebral ischemic episode.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0392-0461
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Focal cerebral ischemia and patent cardiac foramen ovale.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinica Neurologica, Università di Genova.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't